Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Break the Ice
Dates
Final1 December 2012
Host
VenueHeineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
Presenter(s)
Directed byDavid Grifhorst
Executive supervisorSietse Bakker
Executive producerRonald Kok
Host broadcasterAlgemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO)
Websitejunioreurovision.tv/event/amsterdam-2012 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries12
Debuting countries
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries
  • Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012Belgium in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestCyprus in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestDenmark in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestGreece in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestLatvia in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestMacedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestMalta in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestNetherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012Norway in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestPoland in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestRomania in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestSpain in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestSweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestFrance in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestSwitzerland in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestRussia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012Portugal in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestSerbia in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestUkraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestGeorgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012Lithuania in the Junior Eurovision Song ContestMoldova in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012Albania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012Israel in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012
         Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2012
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs.
Winning song Ukraine
"Nebo"
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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the tenth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It took place at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 1 December 2012.[1][2] Dutch broadcaster AVRO was the host broadcaster for the event.[3] For the second time the Netherlands hosted the contest, after hosting the contest in 2007 in Rotterdam. The show was hosted by Kim-Lian van der Meij for a second time, this time joined by Ewout Genemans.[4] The motto for the contest was "Break The Ice".[5]

Twelve countries took part in the contest, making it the smallest number of countries participating in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest history, and equalling the number of countries participated in the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest held at RAI Congrescentrum. Albania and Azerbaijan, and Israel made their debuts at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.[6] Whilst nine countries from the previous edition continued their participation in the contest, four countries withdrew: Lithuania, Bulgaria, Latvia and Macedonia. The contest was won by Anastasiya Petryk for Ukraine with the song "Nebo". Georgia and Armenia finished in second and third place, respectively. This was Ukraine's first Junior Eurovision victory and second Eurovision victory after Ruslana won the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul. Ukraine's winning margin of 35 points was also a record.

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  2. ^ "Junior Eurovision: Tickets on sale". ESCdaily.com. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
  3. ^ Siim, Jarmo (11 October 2011). "Netherlands to host Junior 2012". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 October 2011.
  4. ^ Luke G (26 January 2012). "Junior Eurovision: Ewout Genemans and Kim-Lian to host 2012 edition". ESCDaily. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Amsterdam 2012: Break The Ice!". junioreurovision.tv. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  6. ^ Jarmo Simm (1 September 2012). "Junior 2012: 12 countries to take part". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012.